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From: pilger@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Eric Pilger)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: problem with rsh under PC-NFS
Keywords: rsh,PC-NFS,PCNFS
Message-ID: <10200@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Date: 7 Nov 90 20:07:31 GMT
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In article <rog.657969347@nebula> rog@speech.kth.se (Roger Lindell) writes:
>/etc/passwd so pcnfs recognizes it. The problem is that if I do a
>'rsh host /bin/ls' using the dummy account it works fine, but when I
>login as myself or anybody else I get:
>
>Permission denied.
>rcmd: Too many open files.
>
>I have tried increasing the number of files using /f with pcnfs.sys
>and also with the files= command of MS-DOS but nothing seems to help.
>
>Has anybody seen this problem and does anybody have a solution.?
>

I have gotten this error on a number of occasions, and it never had
anything to do with files being open (at least externally.)  In all
cases, it came about because you didn't have permission to do remote
shell on that machine.  This is cured by either adding PC hosts to
the "hosts.equiv" table, or adding the PC hosts you use to the ".rhosts"
file in your home directory.  I'm not sure why things would only work
for the dummy account.  Are you all valid users on this machine?  Only
valid users can run remote commands.

				Eric Pilger
				Systems Programmer
				NASA Infrared Telescope Facility